diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_packages.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_packages.yaml
index 719549bff..7d88af089 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_packages.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_packages.yaml
@@ -227,10 +227,9 @@ jobs:
           - ubuntu16.04
           - debian10
           - debian9
-          # - opensuse
+          - rockylinux8
           - centos7
           - raspbian10
-          # - raspbian9
         build_machine:
           - aws-arm64
           - ubuntu-20.04
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_slim_packages.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_slim_packages.yaml
index 22b0f5e84..78e0f8f30 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_slim_packages.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_slim_packages.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
         - 1.13.3
         os:
         - ubuntu20.04
-        - centos7
+        - rockylinux8
 
     container: "ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/5.0-7:${{ matrix.elixir }}-${{ matrix.otp }}-${{ matrix.os }}"
 
diff --git a/build b/build
index 0ab504bc1..937337484 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ make_docker() {
 ##
 ## Name               Default                         Example
 ## ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-## EMQX_BASE_IMAGE    current os                      centos:7
-## EMQX_TGZ_packages/<current-tgz-target>  /tmp/emqx-4.4.0-otp23.3.4.9-3-centos7-amd64.tar.gz
+## EMQX_BASE_IMAGE    current os                      el:7
+## EMQX_TGZ_packages/<current-tgz-target>  /tmp/emqx-4.4.0-otp23.3.4.9-3-el7-amd64.tar.gz
 ## EMQX_IMAGE_TAG     emqx/emqx:<current-vns-rel>     emqx/emqx:testing-tag
 ##
 make_docker_testing() {
diff --git a/scripts/get-distro.sh b/scripts/get-distro.sh
index 266d49cba..d70151209 100755
--- a/scripts/get-distro.sh
+++ b/scripts/get-distro.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 ## This script prints Linux distro name and its version number
-## e.g. macos, centos7, ubuntu20.04
+## e.g. macos, el8, ubuntu20.04
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ case "$UNAME" in
         SYSTEM="$(echo "${DIST}${VERSION_ID}" | gsed -r 's/([a-zA-Z]*)-.*/\1/g')"
         ;;
     Linux)
-        if grep -q -i 'centos' /etc/*-release; then
-            DIST='centos'
-            VERSION_ID="$(rpm --eval '%{centos_ver}')"
+        if grep -q -i 'rhel' /etc/*-release; then
+            DIST='el'
+            VERSION_ID="$(rpm --eval '%{rhel}')"
         else
             DIST="$(sed -n '/^ID=/p' /etc/os-release | sed -r 's/ID=(.*)/\1/g' | sed 's/"//g')"
             VERSION_ID="$(sed -n '/^VERSION_ID=/p' /etc/os-release | sed -r 's/VERSION_ID=(.*)/\1/g' | sed 's/"//g')"
diff --git a/scripts/update_appup.escript b/scripts/update_appup.escript
index eda28a238..e4e55f23c 100755
--- a/scripts/update_appup.escript
+++ b/scripts/update_appup.escript
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Options:
   --release-dir     Release directory
   --src-dirs        Directories where source code is found. Defaults to '{src,apps,lib-*}/**/'
   --binary-rel-url  Binary release URL pattern. %VSN% variable is substituted with the version in release tag.
-                    E.g. \"https://github.com/emqx/emqx/releases/download/v%VSN%/emqx-%VSN%-otp-24.1.5-3-centos7-amd64.tar.gz\"
+                    E.g. \"https://github.com/emqx/emqx/releases/download/v%VSN%/emqx-%VSN%-otp-24.1.5-3-el7-amd64.tar.gz\"
 ".
 
 -record(app,